July 13, 2026 • 34 mins
On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Tuesday 14th of July 2026 the services sector is just barely creeping back into growth, founder of Bagrie Economics Cameron Bagrie shares his thoughts.
Retired Major General and New Zealand Initiative Senior Fellow John G. Howard, tells Ryan why he's sounding the alarm about the state of the New Zealand's Navy fleet.
Plus, Australia Correspondent Donna Demaio has the latest on a former Sydney childcare worker charged with 329 offences and the Australian tributes for Sam Neill including Anthony Albanese.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The issues, the interviews and the insight. Ryan Bridge on
early editions with Spark for business technology that keeps business
moving news talks. They'd be good.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Morning, great to have your company has just gone six
after five coming up before six. We'll speak to Osta
kindly about them. Neil donnads and Australia for us this
morning we will have a look at services sector. It's
up looking good after manufacturing and we basically have a
year now to decide as a country how to replace
our two big warships. We'll ask that question.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
The agenda.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
It is tuesdays boarding the design. Trump's blockade of the
straight upon moves is back and he wants to clip
the ticket with twenty percent texts.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
The USA will be from this point known as the
guardian of the Henlu's Straight and as a matter of fairness,
will be reimbursed at the rate of twenty percent on
all cargo shipping for any and all costs necessary to
do the job of providing safety and security to this
very volatile section of the world.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Now watch this space because Iran will hate that. Let's
go to Bangkok. Twenty eight people have been killed, twenty
five were injured after this fire through a bar there.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
Many of them were not able because they went to
the back of the building with the bride hide themselves
away from the splatster flans and that's very foul again.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
But most of the buddies over in the UK the
sad death alleged murder of Anne Whittikumb this is the
former Conservative MP turned Reform spokesperson for Immigration and Justice.
Yesterday they came out and said, no, we don't think
it's terrorism. Now Nigel Farage is getting a security briefing
because they think, well it is.
Speaker 5 (01:45):
I'm happy to offer a meeting, mister Farrage with a
chair of Rabbit, the independent body within the Home Office
that manages the security of those in public life. And
I will also be looking at what security guidance can
be provided to former members of Parliament, which I hope
to work with you on, mister Beaker, as well as
those who serve a party outside of this place.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Finally, this morning, acting legend Sir Sam Neil has died
at the age of seventy eight.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
The tout of the imagination of the entire planet for
mongst funomenal discovery about time.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
He's best known for his iconic role of courses, Dr
Allen Grant and Jurassic Park. Death came as a shock
in the sense that yes, we knew he had cancer,
but he had beaten it and was cancer free. It
is eight after five.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
The first word on the News of the Day early
edition with Ryan Bridge and Spark for business Technology that
keeps business moving News talk z' be.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Nine two as the number of text Always love hearing
from you now. The government yesterday made a big song
and dance about supermarkets and they've essentially come up with
what I'm calling a brochure to handle the supermarket operators,
to hand to your German Eld's for example, and say,
come on over here, this is how easy it will
be to set up business here, which is never really
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as far as I could see, being the problem with
setting up a business here. It's one of them, but
we're just so far away with such a small market,
so the margins don't make sense. But anyway, they put
this brosure out and said come here, have fun, come
by as much land as you need. We'll get the
consents for those. I mean, this is all stuff that helps.
It's not stuff to be scoffed at. It's stuff that
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we should be doing. But is it going to make
a difference. I mean, Eldi has already said they're not
really interested in going. Although interestingly Aldi has set up
they went into America, they've got thousands of stores there
years ago. But they've just announced that they're expanding further
into the United States. Eight hundred new Aldi stores are
going to open. One has just opened in Manhattan. And
(03:46):
there was a woman yesterday I was reading about who
was absolutely over the moon about four dollar arm and
butter that she could buy from Eldy from the Germans
in downtowntan Manhattan. And you think, why do they get
four dollar arm and butter downtown Manhattan. Why can't we
have that our four dollar almond butter here in New Zealand. Well,
the daytime population of downtown Manhattan is four million people,
(04:11):
ten after five Bryan Bridge. Over in Australia, this is interesting.
So over in Australia, you know anthrop It, which is
the AI. It's an American AI bigwig. They want the
Australian government to change their laws, their copyright laws so
that because you know, these AI models rely on basically
(04:32):
mining all of the data from the Internet, well they
want the Australian government to change the copyright laws there
so that they can go ahead and scrape like bottom
tray like we do with the ocean, all of the data,
the copyrighted the text, the art, the music, anything that's
copyrighted and put on there. They want permission for their
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big bots to go on bottom trawl at all and
take it and steal it and then recreate it into
something that we will use ourselves. Now, whether that happens
or not, as anyone's guess, however, you know, Mask, he's
just done it anyway. I mean, at least they're asking.
I suppose they're the polite ones. Off the two eleven
after five News Talks MB, we'll look at our navy frigates.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
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five point thirteen.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
You know that the Reserve Bank has increased the official
cash rate twenty five basis points. But what happens with
the banks and their mortgage testing rates. That's the rate
that they go, Okay, we can lend you this amount
of money based on your income. That changes and you
don't actually know what it is necessarily it's sort of
a secret rate, but interest dot Co has asked a
n Z, ASB, BNZ and Kiwi Bank most of the
(05:59):
big one ones, have your serviceability test rates changed since
the OCR has changed? In other words, has the OCR
changed how much we can borrow? And they all said, nah,
the borrowing limits. Basically, the serviceability rate hasn't changed. For ans,
it's six point eight five percent. That is the country's
largest mortgage lender. Of course that last changed in April
(06:24):
for them ASB six point eight five percent, and you'll
get the most out of BNZI by the looks seven
point one percent. Retired Major general says, our two main
warships are going to reach the end of their working
lives within a decade. What's more, Cabinet muster side by
twenty twenty seven, Yes, that's next year. What we should
do to replace them? John G. Howard, retired Major General
(06:45):
and New Zealand Initiative senior fellow with me this morning, John,
Good morning, good morning, right, nice to have you on
the program. So where are we at with this decision?
To replace them.
Speaker 6 (06:55):
Well, the decision will be placed before Cabinet very shortly.
I'd imagine it's not this year than next year, and
then the nation will need to make some hard decisions.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
We're talking here about Takaha and Tamana.
Speaker 6 (07:07):
That's correct, the two current frigates that we have.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
What do they do? What do we need them to do?
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Well?
Speaker 6 (07:13):
As a maritime trading nation, they offer a range of
support to us. But in essence it means that we
are able to take part in securing our own economic
exclusion zone, which includes our search and rescue area which
is a little bit bigger than our economic exclusion zone.
It allows us to participate in a range of operations
(07:34):
from diplomatic through to constabulary and up to an including
warfare operations both close to home and globally, and have
done for many years.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
Realistically with two of them. If war came, how useful
would we be?
Speaker 6 (07:50):
Well, the paper that I'm about to release this afternoon
through the initiative will will highlight the two really is
not a capability. The challenge you have when you have
two warships you've got to do maintenance both short and
long term, and you've got to be able to rotate
your crew. There was a decision that was made some
time ago. The country now has an option to think
quite broadly about what maritime capabilities do we want and
(08:12):
how do we defend our national interests?
Speaker 2 (08:15):
How many do you think we need? John Well, if.
Speaker 6 (08:18):
We're going to be serious about maintaining our bluewater capability,
I think four is the minimum number that would allow
that to occur. And that figure is going to be
quite confrontational to the cabinet table and to the nation.
Really think about what the cost of defense is, because
in my mind, the cost of defense is not a
percentage of GDP discussion. It's how do we defend our
(08:38):
national interests? And that's not just the job of the
New Zealand Defense Force, it's a whole of government and
indeed a whole of society job.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
How much would four of these bad boys set us back?
Speaker 6 (08:50):
I'm not sure I've got the answer to that, because
the decision will depend on which one you buy and
the systems that you buy. A frigate as a system
of systems, so we're going to have to think long
and hard about how do we refuel it, where do
we repair it? At the moment. We don't have a
dedicated dry dock capability in New Zealand. There's a range
of deeper discussions and it would be my hope that
(09:11):
we're able to allow this discussion to go into the
public domain, something we haven't done for decades.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
Step one would be not crashing them right what we've got?
What about and this is a serious question about c drones.
I mean, how much do they play? Do we need,
you know, our traditional frigates that's still needed in the
modern warfare era.
Speaker 6 (09:34):
Yeah, so that's for a really good question. So we're
in the information age and the technology age. What we've
seen in Ukraine and the maritime operation and elsewhere tells
us that uncrude systems and then the use of open
source technology and smart systems as we're seeing other nations
heavily invest in, are all part of a layered defense system.
(09:57):
And if we're using the concept of a drone, be
that subsurface, surface or air, then that gives us early
warning and indication and that would allow us to look
broadly without having to put a capital ship, as it were,
into harm's way for certain events. That would also mean
that we have to think differently about data because drones
captured data, and in the information age, that means how
(10:20):
do we integrate data to secure our national interests? And
that's a deeper discussion because we still don't have a
data strategy in New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
And interesting stuff. John a lot on the table, John G.
How A retired Major General, New Zealand Initiative senior fellow,
and I doubt you be hearing more about that today.
It is eighteen after five. Over in the UK, Sir
Kestarma has designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps the IRGC,
the bad guys in Iran who are dropping all the
bombs and doing all the speedboats. He's banned them from
(10:49):
the UK. Well we'll go figure. They've formerly been designated
and designated a threat to national security. Now we haven't
done this. Our Prime Minister has not done this yet,
saying he's still getting advice on it. Nineteen after five
Cameron Bagri on Services Next the Early.
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Speaker 2 (11:21):
It is a twenty one minutes after five. I Love
textite this, Ryan, how can you copyright information once it's
in the public domain, it's information to be used, Shirley says, Jeff, No,
that's not how help. I mean, think of all the
songs that are out there or movies. You can't just
go and steal them and use them, can you. They
are copyrighted even though they're in the public domain. The
question is whether these bots should be mining that data
(11:41):
and then you turning it into something else. That's the
question also good one here on Aldi will come to
that in a second, Bryan Bridge, So we have the
excellent manufacturing number on Friday. Surgeon services seventy percent of
our economy, the engine room of our economy. You could
say we've got a number from them. Yesterday. B and
Z Business and Performance Services Index for June was fifty
(12:02):
points six. Anything above fifty is expansion. So that is good.
I mean, not sprinting, but running, perhaps in the right direction.
Let's go to Cameron Baggery Independent Economists. Good morning, Cameron,
good morning, So thoughts I'm moving in the right direction.
Speaker 7 (12:19):
You want to be above fifty because that's some sort
of positive growth. But if you look at a guess
the long term average for that series is around fifty
two point seven. So guess if you think about that
mode in paralleance, Yeah, the car is moving in the
right direction, but we're not exactly sprinting. We're not going
at a full pace, but we're certainly moving towards where
we need to be, which is the positive story?
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Is so Q one good, Q two bad, Q three
all good again?
Speaker 7 (12:47):
Yes, we look at the reserve banks what's called now
cast of GDP, which is a collection of all these
sort of economic indicators. You've got the Q two that
looks like it was basically a zero quarter, sort of
trying to dodge a bit of a bullet around that.
Q two before the accident was going up around her moose.
If you look at a lot of these time the
indicators are going to flow into Q three as well.
(13:09):
And the Reserve banks now cast estament for Q three
GDPs around six zero point six zero point seven percent
for the quarters a diversion are we're getting back on track.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Some of the banks reckon we'll do two percent GDP
this year, and they reckon inflation. It's sorry, unemployment rate,
we'll still stay out there quite high. What do you think?
Speaker 7 (13:31):
Yeah, so if you look, what do we get for
Q one point eight flat for Q two? If we
get a save point six point seven for Q three,
the point five point six for Q four, you're going
to be up in the two percent. Sort of zo.
Now that's respectable. That's broad inline with what we call
the economic speed limit, obvious economy and supply side capacity.
(13:52):
Will we start to see the unemployment rate move down
immediately in Q three with the economy moving The answer
is no, there will be more loy a Q four stories.
So I think we're getting a little bit closer to
an inflection point for the job market. But the job
market sends to try the general economy. If the general
economy is just turning as we speak, which is what
(14:12):
we think it is, and the data is starting to
show there, expect job creation growth to come with about
a three four month leg.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Cameron Baggery, founder of Bagre Economics. Good to have you
on the show as always, Cameron. It is twenty four
minutes after five. Ryan just got back from the US
over the weekend. In terms of the new supermarkets, I'm
quite happy to not have Ald come to New Zealand
after visiting a couple of their stores while I was
over there. Try and talk to David Seymour about that.
This is from rees. The ones I went to were messy,
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next to no staff to speak of. And the quality
of food is the quality of the food a significant
drop on what I have come to expect as a standard.
All good trying to get these supermarkets here, but I
think most Kiwis are used to a far higher standard
and it would take some adjusting for them to get
used to the way that they operate their stores. I
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mean fair enough, but I think to each man his own,
if there was a store here and the service was
cramp and the food was average, but it was cheap,
I think people would still go and like to have
the option to go, wouldn't they? They would complain about it,
But that's quite all right and quite a different thing.
Nineteen nineteen the number to text it is twenty five
after five news talks thereb it is twenty seven after five.
(15:27):
So we're cruising towards two percent growth off the back
of these two bits of good news on the economy.
Two percent is not rocketing along, but it's not stuck
in a ditch either, is it? Given the war, given diesel,
given Trump, some I probably the government might even say
this is a fantastic result. As you know, we follow
the data quite closely on this program. Many of you
(15:48):
are business people. Many of you are farmers, small business owners,
doers in the economy, and you want to know what's
going on. Manufacturing headed out of the park on Friday. Now,
Services two thirds of our growth is expanding. The key
missing ingredient is consumer spending. Discretionary spending. You see that
in hospitality. You see that another fine print from the
(16:08):
services sector read yesterday. And while an OCR hiking cycle
certainly doesn't help with confidence, most of it's priced in,
and at this point the rates are still technically wind
at our backs rather than in our faces. American consumers
are far more robust and confident than us. They're far
more robust and confident just in general, aren't they Americans?
(16:29):
They spend like tomorrow they'll win lotto, and they basically
do that ninety nine percent of the time. We're far
more cautious here, and often with good reason. Not only
does that demand in America help push their economy along
domestic demand even when headlines suggest they shouldn't, but there
are ability there to dream big, invent new things and
(16:50):
create value is important here. The AI surge, the share prices,
the investment it generates, the plants that builds, the jobs,
that creates the technology that we the rest of the
world then adopt. Its success is a positive mindset and
unequivocal self belief. The Americans have it bottled and we
(17:11):
have it too. Perhaps we can take a leaf out
of their book and actually believe it. Bryan Bridge, staying
in America for a second, Who's going to replace Lindsey
Graham in his Senate seat in South Carolina. Trump is saying,
give it to his sister. It'll be for the end
for the rest of the year. His sister, Darlene Graham
(17:32):
Nordone who he loved dearly, would be an ideal candidate.
The decision, by the way, is one for the governor
South Carolina, Governor Henry McMaster, So he's going to announce
that today. News Talk said, b We're in London.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
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Speaker 2 (18:09):
News Talks that'd be twenty four minutes away from six
year old news talks. It'd be great to have your
company in fifteen minutes. Oscar highly remembers Sam Neil. We're
in Australia with Donnod Demayo as well. By the way,
(18:29):
the strait is open, but barely a jar. Fourteen vessels,
half of them commercial, crossed on Sunday. So far Monday
three have come through this after Trump says, we are
now quote the guardians of the harmers straight. Henceforth America
shall be known as twenty percent. He's gonna he's going
to tax the cargo ship through there because that will
(18:51):
pay for the navy support. Now, this is the one
came out of Tadanaki yesterday, and it's good news bad news.
So it's good news because our country is so beautiful
that tourists want to pull over onto the side of
the road and capture it in a photograph. Now, that
is a good problem to have. That means you live
in a country where it is so pretty that people
(19:12):
are willing to endanger their own lives on the side
of the street just to get a photo of it
before they carry on their merry way. The problem in
New Plymouth and this is you know, we'll know what
I mean coming from the south looking at Mount Taranaki,
beautiful one hundred kilometer in our road, rural road, Kent Road.
That's the problem. There are no stopping signs there, and
there's visibility problems. There's bends, there's rises, so tourists are
(19:36):
getting out of their cars, some of them lying on
the road. I know, muppets, idiots. Nothing's that beautiful. And
you know, obviously locals are complaining about it. Police upset,
blah blah blah. My question to you is, because I
haven't driven a rental car in New Zealand around well,
I actually haven't done that in years, but surely I've
(19:57):
done it overseas recently. Surely they beep, they buzz and
they let you know about things. I was driving through
a tunnel, this is recently overseas, and something came over
the radio that said slow down, please slow down, and
please do not overtake. And I thought, cheaper, that's intense.
And the seat buzzers and the dashboard lights up with
the speed limit, and what's going on in any natural features. Surely,
(20:20):
because everything's GPS these days, surely you would have a
little thing in rental cars that says, hey, don't stop
and lie down on the road here, you muppet, because
you'll get run over. Bryant Bridge twenty two to six
Cullum and Dunedin morning, Cullum, Right, what's the Game Animal
Council celebrating this morning?
Speaker 7 (20:38):
Now?
Speaker 8 (20:38):
They're celebrating feudland Swapit he heard, becoming the first in
the country to receive Herd of Special Interest status. The
wapity is a large deer species and this designation allows
hunters and conservation groups to work together to manage the population.
And there's a belief run that this new status SNAW
recognizes the value of game animals and hunting in New Zealand.
(21:00):
The Game Animal Council CEO's Karina Jordan, who says it's
a modern approach to game management. She says it allows
the herds to be managed for their hunting purposes while
also ensuring conservation values, which will reduce impacts on a
conservation estate. She hopes this landmark announcement will pave the
way for more great how's your weather? Mainly fine chants
(21:21):
of an afternoon shower fifteenth for Janedan today, all right,
thank you.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
Claires and christ It morning, Claire, Good morning.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
St Thomas of Canterbury College. The principal are a bit
worried about the site.
Speaker 9 (21:32):
Yeah, they've been put on notice about the site. But
effectively the school site, which is at Stockburn here in
christ Church is owned by the Christian Brothers of New
Zealand Charitable Trust. That charitable trust, which is based in Australia,
is planning to sell the assets, so the land and
the buildings of the school and the reason for that
is they wish to use the money to pay sexual
abuse victims in Australia. Now, the principle of Saint Thomas
(21:55):
of Canterbury College, Steve Hart, has written a tribute to
the school, saying obviously this bool opposes this and we'll
fight this through the courts. But in the meantime he's
adamant that the school is about more than its buildings.
He says the school's true value comes from its students,
families and staff over the past sixty years, and he's
crediting the community with helping fund life saving cancer treatment
(22:16):
for him personally as well, and says they'll come together
and do the same here. He says it puts simply
the school will always be defined by people more than buildings.
As you were the Claire mainly find a bit of
patche high cloud here northeast sill. He's turning northwest a
warm one though, seventeen degrees very good to.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
Be us in Wellington, to be us, good morning good
a Wellington City Council seeking feedback on a proposed improvement
to a key road through the central city. Now when
I read the posed improvement, I mean I read that
the Wellington City Council probably wants to take some of
the road away and put a cycle lane there. Am
I right bang on the money.
Speaker 10 (22:51):
This is on Bunny Streets, which runs down from the
Beehive to the Central train station. So it's hoping to
make what it calls pedestrian bike traffic safety improvements, making
it easier for people to move near Wellington Railway Station.
So among these proposed changes is a separated two way
bike lane on the northern side and the removal of
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six metered parking spaces. So it also wants to change
the turning lanes in the intersection with Waterloo Key, the
main road, to make way for this bike lane. The
council says this is to reduce conflict between street users
and create clearer routes through the area. This public consultation
that the last four is going to run through till
August third.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Have they said how many people have died on that road?
Speaker 10 (23:37):
No, they haven't, but they have told us that ten
thousand people will walk across it every day.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
Right, and none of them have died. That's pretty impressive.
Actually when you think about it, how do your weather.
Speaker 10 (23:48):
Our strong northerlies and saw for us this morning, showers
possible this evening and fourteen degrees the high in Wellington conflict?
Speaker 2 (23:55):
I mean, honestly, thank you to bes Wendy's Inn. AOK,
good morning, Wendy. What an education is taking legal advice
about funding of a stadium?
Speaker 3 (24:05):
Yeah?
Speaker 11 (24:05):
Do you know the stadium we're talking about the Buffeton
Thompson Stadium and Selwyn it's also a high school. So
there's controversy over the future of this East Auckland stadium,
which kind of doubles is two things. The ord Aki
Local Board says the Ministry of Education hasn't been contributing
its share of operating costs for Barfet and Thompson Stadium,
which doubles is the Selwyn College Gym Ministry says the
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college is meeting its obligations or Achy Board Deputy chairs
Scott Milon says the ministry is now offering to take
over the stadium without paying for it. He says it
was built by the community, the ministry wants it despite
not paying its fair share. He says the buildings, forty
years old, now needs a plan to keep it in
good shape. The Ministry of Education says it is taking
legal advice.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
Do you know when people say about the eastern suburbs,
do you know where? I'm like, no, I've never been.
What never go over there?
Speaker 3 (24:54):
You have?
Speaker 2 (24:54):
So now I have no reason to go to the
Eastern suburbs never in my life. How's that weather? When
did we know? You looked at me like I was like,
I'm like pretty sure it's done crushed it. Believe it
all right?
Speaker 11 (25:12):
Well, the weather today is actually a few showers mainly
this morning clearing though I think to a fine day
perhaps in the afternoon. Normally it will turn westerly and warmer,
seventeen degrees.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
You know, people say you must come to comb Cod
can go to the beach, and I say, I'm just
telling you no, no, no, I will not. Hey, thank you,
good to see you. It is seventeen away from six
year on news talks be we're in Australia. Next news
talks of bad is fourteen minutes away from six Now.
Some very sad news yesterday that Sir Sam neil legendary
(25:46):
KEU reactor has died. And this these are his words
when he was talking, because obviously he was diagnosed with
cancer but then announced he was cancer free, pre announcing
that this was his thoughts on dying.
Speaker 4 (25:57):
I'm not in any way frightened of dying. That it
doesn't most has never worried me from the beginning, but
I would be annoyed. I'd be annoyed because there are
things I still wanted to.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
Oscar kindly remembers Sam in ten.
Speaker 1 (26:15):
Minutes international correspondence with ends and eye insurance, peace of
mind for New Zealand business.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
Who've got a Donald tomorrow, our Australia correspondent. Who's morning,
donn A good morning, good morning to you.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
Now.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
There have been tributes are plenty from all over Australia,
including your Prime Minister for Sam Neil Oh of course.
Speaker 12 (26:35):
And we are describing him as an honorary Australian. Everybody
loved Sam Neil and we've heard from many many people.
The Ossie Prime Minister Antony Urbaniz, he paid tribute to
the actor and he actually turned to Twitter or X
I should say, and said that Sam Neil starting so
many beloved Australian stories and he earned a special place
(26:57):
in Australian hearts. He was wry and dry, I thoughtful
and laconic, and Sam fought illness with the same dignity,
humor and conviction that gave strength to his every performance.
And he will be much mourned and long remembered. May
he rest in peace. That was from the PM, but
then many other tributes also from actor David Wenham for instance,
saying that he was aside from being an international all
(27:19):
round legend, he was the kindest, cheekiest, most generous and
supportive friend going around. It was only a few years
ago actually that I was able to moderate a Q
and A session in Carlton in Melbourne, Victoria with Brian
Brown and Sam Neil and Rachel Ward. And I remember
Sam Neil as one of the kindest and he knew
(27:44):
I was very very nervous on the night actually I've
got to say, and he was so calming and so lovely,
and I have very very fond memories of Sam Neil
as well, and like to pay tribute to an incredible
actor and incredible man.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
Now tell us about this former Sydney childcare worker who's
been charged with loads of offenses.
Speaker 12 (28:05):
Oh, honestly, I have to say, I'll purfase this story
of saying that police urge any victims or survivors to
seek support, a talk to a trusted person. But Australia
Federal Police have contacted more than one hundred and twenty
families they're investigating alleged defending by a former Sydney childcare worker.
The thirty five year old man has been charged with
three hundred and twenty nine offenses allegedly committed over a
(28:26):
sixteen year period against one hundred and thirty six victims.
They're still looking for looking to identify twenty two of
those victims. The police operation spanned twelve months and involved
the analysis of two point four million electronic files. And
this man, he found guilty, faces up to twenty years
prison over some of those charges.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
All right, that's Domin Tomayo our Australia correspondent time is
eleven minutes away from sex. Let's hear another tribute now,
this one from a very familiar voice you will know
well from Kath and Kim.
Speaker 13 (29:01):
He's just a one off, such a talented, classy, beautiful
rye norm human being, really lovely man. And I'm just
very sad for all who loved him, and there are
so many of us. God bless you. Sam.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
You will know the voice Magda. She's also going through
her own battle at the moment, so you can imagine
why she became upset while talking about I'm sharing that
on social media a few hours ago. Also in Australia,
just very interesting the government changing the law there. You
will know we've spoken about this for four investors trying
to get property investors out of the housing market so
that they can bring the price of property down because
(29:46):
the price of property has just kept going north and
north and north. After COVID, we're now started to come down.
There's just kept taking off and so they Labor did
to deal with the Greens too on mortgages in super
funds that by property, but also there was the negative
gearing band. All of that stuff has culminated in investors
(30:06):
now targeting for a place where first home buyers actually
have a strong foothold, and that's the new build market.
So you've got your investors going into your new build
areas and buying up the houses because those rules don't
apply now at the moment. Here's some numbers. Forty percent
of purchases in new build markets are locals first home buyers,
(30:31):
nineteen percent of investors, and so that number they're worried
is going to actually flip. So will the thing result
in more young people, more first home buyers buying homes,
or will it actually push them out even further. That's
the question over there at the moment. Also this morning,
this is good news if you are into a chip
investment and you don't mind a little bit of a
data center. Intel is pumping a whole bunch of money
(30:54):
into Ireland. In fact, five point seven billion, that's us.
This is the American ship maker Intel. They are manufacturing
chip fabrication facilities. They call them an island and it
is a lot of money that they're pumping in there.
And we are supposedly wanting a whole bunch of this
kind of money coming to New Zealand. We're wanting data
centers here, and we meant to be doing it because
(31:15):
the rest of the world wants renewable energy to drive
it all. Well, where is it currently, Ireland? Eight to six?
Speaker 1 (31:25):
I think Hererett first, Ryan Bridge on early edition with
Spark for business technology that keeps business moving, news talks,
there'd be.
Speaker 2 (31:33):
Six to sex news talks, there'd be Volkswagen. The job
shedding continues, so apparently another fifty thousand jobs are going there.
This is according to an internal memo that Reuters has
got its hands on. You know, I told you about
this the other day. They are cutting one hundred thousand
jobs now total potentially by twenty thirty. That is sixteen
percent of their workforce. They're at war with the Chinese,
(31:54):
and the Chinese are winning. Ryan Bridge, Good morning, Mike.
Greetings to you, Ryan. Someone there good more wandering to you, sir.
Someone says, Ryan, where do you go? Have you ever
been over the Harbor Bridge? It's quite nice over there.
Speaker 14 (32:07):
I'm not sure they refer to yes, have you ever
been to the North Shall?
Speaker 2 (32:09):
I have been to the North Shore, but I was
just saying to Wendy earlier, I haven't. I never really
spent much time out in the eastern suburbs.
Speaker 14 (32:15):
And suburbs are beautiful. Absolutely, it's so hard to get
to that is true.
Speaker 2 (32:21):
So I live centrally, yes, and I don't so I live.
Is that what you call it?
Speaker 4 (32:24):
Is it?
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Yes? I live in a bubble.
Speaker 14 (32:26):
Along with all the other lovees of the media.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
Live in are we bubble? And then if you need
to go anywhere, if you need a swimming takapoona well water.
Of course, water is clearer you just across the bridge,
not as not as murky as the water out You
say that, but every.
Speaker 14 (32:43):
Time it rains on the north shore they close the beaches.
Speaker 2 (32:44):
You realize when they do that everywhere.
Speaker 14 (32:46):
Yeah, that's true, but it's the water is a bit
silty over there in the sea.
Speaker 2 (32:49):
Why don't you just move there where?
Speaker 13 (32:51):
No?
Speaker 2 (32:51):
Sure, well, whyon't you be by the ocean?
Speaker 14 (32:54):
Then then you've got to come to work across the bridge. Yeah,
blink blind comes across the bridge. Yes, I don't know that.
He you know, Glyn, he works here, he's from up
that way. And the bridge is an issue, mind you
the ons I mean, you don't want to bore the
rest of the nation with Auckland's problems infrastructurally speaking. But
you know, I've had on rent problems all week, and
(33:15):
I have on rent problems.
Speaker 2 (33:16):
But that's because you live in a stupid place east.
Speaker 14 (33:19):
So I'm almost out. Still, I'm quite out. I'm East adjacent.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
Do you speed in the morning?
Speaker 14 (33:25):
Also do who doesn't?
Speaker 2 (33:26):
Because there's no cot and there's no people.
Speaker 3 (33:28):
You know?
Speaker 2 (33:28):
The worst and this will.
Speaker 14 (33:29):
Get her into trouble because she works in the Prime
Minister's office. Now do you know? The worst was Rachel Smally,
absolutely shocking in terms of driving. They could go back,
they could go back and get CCTV footage and the
speed with which she hit somebody. She hit several people.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
I remember a storage or she helped them, she helped
the runner or something.
Speaker 14 (33:48):
She doesn't help anybody, just runs them over. But she
got a new car. The worst through was she got
a new car and just the power that.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
She, you know, felt. I drove past the police station,
so I tend to slow down, slow down, pass the
peace for about twenty meets.
Speaker 14 (34:04):
Anyway I've opened. You know, in the eighteen years I've
been doing the show, asked me how many times have
been pulled over by the cops at three o'clock in
the morning, never once. And he pulled me over because
I had I had a V ten car, had an
Audi R Rate, which is a sports car, and he
only pulled me out because you want to look at
the engine.
Speaker 6 (34:21):
And that was it.
Speaker 2 (34:23):
Very good news Talk Said be Mike's Next.
Speaker 1 (34:29):
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Speaker 2 (00:11):
Morning, great to have your company has just gone six
after five coming up before six. We'll speak to Osta
kindly about them. Neil donnads and Australia for us this
morning we will have a look at services sector. It's
up looking good after manufacturing and we basically have a
year now to decide as a country how to replace
our two big warships. We'll ask that question.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
The agenda.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
It is tuesdays boarding the design. Trump's blockade of the
straight upon moves is back and he wants to clip
the ticket with twenty percent texts.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
The USA will be from this point known as the
guardian of the Henlu's Straight and as a matter of fairness,
will be reimbursed at the rate of twenty percent on
all cargo shipping for any and all costs necessary to
do the job of providing safety and security to this
very volatile section of the world.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Now watch this space because Iran will hate that. Let's
go to Bangkok. Twenty eight people have been killed, twenty
five were injured after this fire through a bar there.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
Many of them were not able because they went to
the back of the building with the bride hide themselves
away from the splatster flans and that's very foul again.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
But most of the buddies over in the UK the
sad death alleged murder of Anne Whittikumb this is the
former Conservative MP turned Reform spokesperson for Immigration and Justice.
Yesterday they came out and said, no, we don't think
it's terrorism. Now Nigel Farage is getting a security briefing
because they think, well it is.
Speaker 5 (01:45):
I'm happy to offer a meeting, mister Farrage with a
chair of Rabbit, the independent body within the Home Office
that manages the security of those in public life. And
I will also be looking at what security guidance can
be provided to former members of Parliament, which I hope
to work with you on, mister Beaker, as well as
those who serve a party outside of this place.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Finally, this morning, acting legend Sir Sam Neil has died
at the age of seventy eight.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
The tout of the imagination of the entire planet for
mongst funomenal discovery about time.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
He's best known for his iconic role of courses, Dr
Allen Grant and Jurassic Park. Death came as a shock
in the sense that yes, we knew he had cancer,
but he had beaten it and was cancer free. It
is eight after five.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
The first word on the News of the Day early
edition with Ryan Bridge and Spark for business Technology that
keeps business moving News talk z' be.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Nine two as the number of text Always love hearing
from you now. The government yesterday made a big song
and dance about supermarkets and they've essentially come up with
what I'm calling a brochure to handle the supermarket operators,
to hand to your German Eld's for example, and say,
come on over here, this is how easy it will
be to set up business here, which is never really
(03:01):
as far as I could see, being the problem with
setting up a business here. It's one of them, but
we're just so far away with such a small market,
so the margins don't make sense. But anyway, they put
this brosure out and said come here, have fun, come
by as much land as you need. We'll get the
consents for those. I mean, this is all stuff that helps.
It's not stuff to be scoffed at. It's stuff that
(03:23):
we should be doing. But is it going to make
a difference. I mean, Eldi has already said they're not
really interested in going. Although interestingly Aldi has set up
they went into America, they've got thousands of stores there
years ago. But they've just announced that they're expanding further
into the United States. Eight hundred new Aldi stores are
going to open. One has just opened in Manhattan. And
(03:46):
there was a woman yesterday I was reading about who
was absolutely over the moon about four dollar arm and
butter that she could buy from Eldy from the Germans
in downtowntan Manhattan. And you think, why do they get
four dollar arm and butter downtown Manhattan. Why can't we
have that our four dollar almond butter here in New Zealand. Well,
the daytime population of downtown Manhattan is four million people,
(04:11):
ten after five Bryan Bridge. Over in Australia, this is interesting.
So over in Australia, you know anthrop It, which is
the AI. It's an American AI bigwig. They want the
Australian government to change their laws, their copyright laws so
that because you know, these AI models rely on basically
(04:32):
mining all of the data from the Internet, well they
want the Australian government to change the copyright laws there
so that they can go ahead and scrape like bottom
tray like we do with the ocean, all of the data,
the copyrighted the text, the art, the music, anything that's
copyrighted and put on there. They want permission for their
(04:54):
big bots to go on bottom trawl at all and
take it and steal it and then recreate it into
something that we will use ourselves. Now, whether that happens
or not, as anyone's guess, however, you know, Mask, he's
just done it anyway. I mean, at least they're asking.
I suppose they're the polite ones. Off the two eleven
after five News Talks MB, we'll look at our navy frigates.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
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five point thirteen.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
You know that the Reserve Bank has increased the official
cash rate twenty five basis points. But what happens with
the banks and their mortgage testing rates. That's the rate
that they go, Okay, we can lend you this amount
of money based on your income. That changes and you
don't actually know what it is necessarily it's sort of
a secret rate, but interest dot Co has asked a
n Z, ASB, BNZ and Kiwi Bank most of the
(05:59):
big one ones, have your serviceability test rates changed since
the OCR has changed? In other words, has the OCR
changed how much we can borrow? And they all said, nah,
the borrowing limits. Basically, the serviceability rate hasn't changed. For ans,
it's six point eight five percent. That is the country's
largest mortgage lender. Of course that last changed in April
(06:24):
for them ASB six point eight five percent, and you'll
get the most out of BNZI by the looks seven
point one percent. Retired Major general says, our two main
warships are going to reach the end of their working
lives within a decade. What's more, Cabinet muster side by
twenty twenty seven, Yes, that's next year. What we should
do to replace them? John G. Howard, retired Major General
(06:45):
and New Zealand Initiative senior fellow with me this morning, John,
Good morning, good morning, right, nice to have you on
the program. So where are we at with this decision?
To replace them.
Speaker 6 (06:55):
Well, the decision will be placed before Cabinet very shortly.
I'd imagine it's not this year than next year, and
then the nation will need to make some hard decisions.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
We're talking here about Takaha and Tamana.
Speaker 6 (07:07):
That's correct, the two current frigates that we have.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
What do they do? What do we need them to do?
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Well?
Speaker 6 (07:13):
As a maritime trading nation, they offer a range of
support to us. But in essence it means that we
are able to take part in securing our own economic
exclusion zone, which includes our search and rescue area which
is a little bit bigger than our economic exclusion zone.
It allows us to participate in a range of operations
(07:34):
from diplomatic through to constabulary and up to an including
warfare operations both close to home and globally, and have
done for many years.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
Realistically with two of them. If war came, how useful
would we be?
Speaker 6 (07:50):
Well, the paper that I'm about to release this afternoon
through the initiative will will highlight the two really is
not a capability. The challenge you have when you have
two warships you've got to do maintenance both short and
long term, and you've got to be able to rotate
your crew. There was a decision that was made some
time ago. The country now has an option to think
quite broadly about what maritime capabilities do we want and
(08:12):
how do we defend our national interests?
Speaker 2 (08:15):
How many do you think we need? John Well, if.
Speaker 6 (08:18):
We're going to be serious about maintaining our bluewater capability,
I think four is the minimum number that would allow
that to occur. And that figure is going to be
quite confrontational to the cabinet table and to the nation.
Really think about what the cost of defense is, because
in my mind, the cost of defense is not a
percentage of GDP discussion. It's how do we defend our
(08:38):
national interests? And that's not just the job of the
New Zealand Defense Force, it's a whole of government and
indeed a whole of society job.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
How much would four of these bad boys set us back?
Speaker 6 (08:50):
I'm not sure I've got the answer to that, because
the decision will depend on which one you buy and
the systems that you buy. A frigate as a system
of systems, so we're going to have to think long
and hard about how do we refuel it, where do
we repair it? At the moment. We don't have a
dedicated dry dock capability in New Zealand. There's a range
of deeper discussions and it would be my hope that
(09:11):
we're able to allow this discussion to go into the
public domain, something we haven't done for decades.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
Step one would be not crashing them right what we've got?
What about and this is a serious question about c drones.
I mean, how much do they play? Do we need,
you know, our traditional frigates that's still needed in the
modern warfare era.
Speaker 6 (09:34):
Yeah, so that's for a really good question. So we're
in the information age and the technology age. What we've
seen in Ukraine and the maritime operation and elsewhere tells
us that uncrude systems and then the use of open
source technology and smart systems as we're seeing other nations
heavily invest in, are all part of a layered defense system.
(09:57):
And if we're using the concept of a drone, be
that subsurface, surface or air, then that gives us early
warning and indication and that would allow us to look
broadly without having to put a capital ship, as it were,
into harm's way for certain events. That would also mean
that we have to think differently about data because drones
captured data, and in the information age, that means how
(10:20):
do we integrate data to secure our national interests? And
that's a deeper discussion because we still don't have a
data strategy in New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
And interesting stuff. John a lot on the table, John G.
How A retired Major General, New Zealand Initiative senior fellow,
and I doubt you be hearing more about that today.
It is eighteen after five. Over in the UK, Sir
Kestarma has designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps the IRGC,
the bad guys in Iran who are dropping all the
bombs and doing all the speedboats. He's banned them from
(10:49):
the UK. Well we'll go figure. They've formerly been designated
and designated a threat to national security. Now we haven't
done this. Our Prime Minister has not done this yet,
saying he's still getting advice on it. Nineteen after five
Cameron Bagri on Services Next the Early.
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at b Ryan Bridge on Early Edition with Spunk for
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Speaker 2 (11:21):
It is a twenty one minutes after five. I Love
textite this, Ryan, how can you copyright information once it's
in the public domain, it's information to be used, Shirley says, Jeff, No,
that's not how help. I mean, think of all the
songs that are out there or movies. You can't just
go and steal them and use them, can you. They
are copyrighted even though they're in the public domain. The
question is whether these bots should be mining that data
(11:41):
and then you turning it into something else. That's the
question also good one here on Aldi will come to
that in a second, Bryan Bridge, So we have the
excellent manufacturing number on Friday. Surgeon services seventy percent of
our economy, the engine room of our economy. You could
say we've got a number from them. Yesterday. B and
Z Business and Performance Services Index for June was fifty
(12:02):
points six. Anything above fifty is expansion. So that is good.
I mean, not sprinting, but running, perhaps in the right direction.
Let's go to Cameron Baggery Independent Economists. Good morning, Cameron,
good morning, So thoughts I'm moving in the right direction.
Speaker 7 (12:19):
You want to be above fifty because that's some sort
of positive growth. But if you look at a guess
the long term average for that series is around fifty
two point seven. So guess if you think about that
mode in paralleance, Yeah, the car is moving in the
right direction, but we're not exactly sprinting. We're not going
at a full pace, but we're certainly moving towards where
we need to be, which is the positive story?
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Is so Q one good, Q two bad, Q three
all good again?
Speaker 7 (12:47):
Yes, we look at the reserve banks what's called now
cast of GDP, which is a collection of all these
sort of economic indicators. You've got the Q two that
looks like it was basically a zero quarter, sort of
trying to dodge a bit of a bullet around that.
Q two before the accident was going up around her moose.
If you look at a lot of these time the
indicators are going to flow into Q three as well.
(13:09):
And the Reserve banks now cast estament for Q three
GDPs around six zero point six zero point seven percent
for the quarters a diversion are we're getting back on track.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Some of the banks reckon we'll do two percent GDP
this year, and they reckon inflation. It's sorry, unemployment rate,
we'll still stay out there quite high. What do you think?
Speaker 7 (13:31):
Yeah, so if you look, what do we get for
Q one point eight flat for Q two? If we
get a save point six point seven for Q three,
the point five point six for Q four, you're going
to be up in the two percent. Sort of zo.
Now that's respectable. That's broad inline with what we call
the economic speed limit, obvious economy and supply side capacity.
(13:52):
Will we start to see the unemployment rate move down
immediately in Q three with the economy moving The answer
is no, there will be more loy a Q four stories.
So I think we're getting a little bit closer to
an inflection point for the job market. But the job
market sends to try the general economy. If the general
economy is just turning as we speak, which is what
(14:12):
we think it is, and the data is starting to
show there, expect job creation growth to come with about
a three four month leg.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Cameron Baggery, founder of Bagre Economics. Good to have you
on the show as always, Cameron. It is twenty four
minutes after five. Ryan just got back from the US
over the weekend. In terms of the new supermarkets, I'm
quite happy to not have Ald come to New Zealand
after visiting a couple of their stores while I was
over there. Try and talk to David Seymour about that.
This is from rees. The ones I went to were messy,
(14:42):
next to no staff to speak of. And the quality
of food is the quality of the food a significant
drop on what I have come to expect as a standard.
All good trying to get these supermarkets here, but I
think most Kiwis are used to a far higher standard
and it would take some adjusting for them to get
used to the way that they operate their stores. I
(15:04):
mean fair enough, but I think to each man his own,
if there was a store here and the service was
cramp and the food was average, but it was cheap,
I think people would still go and like to have
the option to go, wouldn't they? They would complain about it,
But that's quite all right and quite a different thing.
Nineteen nineteen the number to text it is twenty five
after five news talks thereb it is twenty seven after five.
(15:27):
So we're cruising towards two percent growth off the back
of these two bits of good news on the economy.
Two percent is not rocketing along, but it's not stuck
in a ditch either, is it? Given the war, given diesel,
given Trump, some I probably the government might even say
this is a fantastic result. As you know, we follow
the data quite closely on this program. Many of you
(15:48):
are business people. Many of you are farmers, small business owners,
doers in the economy, and you want to know what's
going on. Manufacturing headed out of the park on Friday. Now,
Services two thirds of our growth is expanding. The key
missing ingredient is consumer spending. Discretionary spending. You see that
in hospitality. You see that another fine print from the
(16:08):
services sector read yesterday. And while an OCR hiking cycle
certainly doesn't help with confidence, most of it's priced in,
and at this point the rates are still technically wind
at our backs rather than in our faces. American consumers
are far more robust and confident than us. They're far
more robust and confident just in general, aren't they Americans?
(16:29):
They spend like tomorrow they'll win lotto, and they basically
do that ninety nine percent of the time. We're far
more cautious here, and often with good reason. Not only
does that demand in America help push their economy along
domestic demand even when headlines suggest they shouldn't, but there
are ability there to dream big, invent new things and
(16:50):
create value is important here. The AI surge, the share prices,
the investment it generates, the plants that builds, the jobs,
that creates the technology that we the rest of the
world then adopt. Its success is a positive mindset and
unequivocal self belief. The Americans have it bottled and we
(17:11):
have it too. Perhaps we can take a leaf out
of their book and actually believe it. Bryan Bridge, staying
in America for a second, Who's going to replace Lindsey
Graham in his Senate seat in South Carolina. Trump is saying,
give it to his sister. It'll be for the end
for the rest of the year. His sister, Darlene Graham
(17:32):
Nordone who he loved dearly, would be an ideal candidate.
The decision, by the way, is one for the governor
South Carolina, Governor Henry McMaster, So he's going to announce
that today. News Talk said, b We're in London.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
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Speaker 2 (18:09):
News Talks that'd be twenty four minutes away from six
year old news talks. It'd be great to have your
company in fifteen minutes. Oscar highly remembers Sam Neil. We're
in Australia with Donnod Demayo as well. By the way,
(18:29):
the strait is open, but barely a jar. Fourteen vessels,
half of them commercial, crossed on Sunday. So far Monday
three have come through this after Trump says, we are
now quote the guardians of the harmers straight. Henceforth America
shall be known as twenty percent. He's gonna he's going
to tax the cargo ship through there because that will
(18:51):
pay for the navy support. Now, this is the one
came out of Tadanaki yesterday, and it's good news bad news.
So it's good news because our country is so beautiful
that tourists want to pull over onto the side of
the road and capture it in a photograph. Now, that
is a good problem to have. That means you live
in a country where it is so pretty that people
(19:12):
are willing to endanger their own lives on the side
of the street just to get a photo of it
before they carry on their merry way. The problem in
New Plymouth and this is you know, we'll know what
I mean coming from the south looking at Mount Taranaki,
beautiful one hundred kilometer in our road, rural road, Kent Road.
That's the problem. There are no stopping signs there, and
there's visibility problems. There's bends, there's rises, so tourists are
(19:36):
getting out of their cars, some of them lying on
the road. I know, muppets, idiots. Nothing's that beautiful. And
you know, obviously locals are complaining about it. Police upset,
blah blah blah. My question to you is, because I
haven't driven a rental car in New Zealand around well,
I actually haven't done that in years, but surely I've
(19:57):
done it overseas recently. Surely they beep, they buzz and
they let you know about things. I was driving through
a tunnel, this is recently overseas, and something came over
the radio that said slow down, please slow down, and
please do not overtake. And I thought, cheaper, that's intense.
And the seat buzzers and the dashboard lights up with
the speed limit, and what's going on in any natural features. Surely,
(20:20):
because everything's GPS these days, surely you would have a
little thing in rental cars that says, hey, don't stop
and lie down on the road here, you muppet, because
you'll get run over. Bryant Bridge twenty two to six
Cullum and Dunedin morning, Cullum, Right, what's the Game Animal
Council celebrating this morning?
Speaker 7 (20:38):
Now?
Speaker 8 (20:38):
They're celebrating feudland Swapit he heard, becoming the first in
the country to receive Herd of Special Interest status. The
wapity is a large deer species and this designation allows
hunters and conservation groups to work together to manage the population.
And there's a belief run that this new status SNAW
recognizes the value of game animals and hunting in New Zealand.
(21:00):
The Game Animal Council CEO's Karina Jordan, who says it's
a modern approach to game management. She says it allows
the herds to be managed for their hunting purposes while
also ensuring conservation values, which will reduce impacts on a
conservation estate. She hopes this landmark announcement will pave the
way for more great how's your weather? Mainly fine chants
(21:21):
of an afternoon shower fifteenth for Janedan today, all right,
thank you.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
Claires and christ It morning, Claire, Good morning.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
St Thomas of Canterbury College. The principal are a bit
worried about the site.
Speaker 9 (21:32):
Yeah, they've been put on notice about the site. But
effectively the school site, which is at Stockburn here in
christ Church is owned by the Christian Brothers of New
Zealand Charitable Trust. That charitable trust, which is based in Australia,
is planning to sell the assets, so the land and
the buildings of the school and the reason for that
is they wish to use the money to pay sexual
abuse victims in Australia. Now, the principle of Saint Thomas
(21:55):
of Canterbury College, Steve Hart, has written a tribute to
the school, saying obviously this bool opposes this and we'll
fight this through the courts. But in the meantime he's
adamant that the school is about more than its buildings.
He says the school's true value comes from its students,
families and staff over the past sixty years, and he's
crediting the community with helping fund life saving cancer treatment
(22:16):
for him personally as well, and says they'll come together
and do the same here. He says it puts simply
the school will always be defined by people more than buildings.
As you were the Claire mainly find a bit of
patche high cloud here northeast sill. He's turning northwest a
warm one though, seventeen degrees very good to.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
Be us in Wellington, to be us, good morning good
a Wellington City Council seeking feedback on a proposed improvement
to a key road through the central city. Now when
I read the posed improvement, I mean I read that
the Wellington City Council probably wants to take some of
the road away and put a cycle lane there. Am
I right bang on the money.
Speaker 10 (22:51):
This is on Bunny Streets, which runs down from the
Beehive to the Central train station. So it's hoping to
make what it calls pedestrian bike traffic safety improvements, making
it easier for people to move near Wellington Railway Station.
So among these proposed changes is a separated two way
bike lane on the northern side and the removal of
(23:12):
six metered parking spaces. So it also wants to change
the turning lanes in the intersection with Waterloo Key, the
main road, to make way for this bike lane. The
council says this is to reduce conflict between street users
and create clearer routes through the area. This public consultation
that the last four is going to run through till
August third.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Have they said how many people have died on that road?
Speaker 10 (23:37):
No, they haven't, but they have told us that ten
thousand people will walk across it every day.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
Right, and none of them have died. That's pretty impressive.
Actually when you think about it, how do your weather.
Speaker 10 (23:48):
Our strong northerlies and saw for us this morning, showers
possible this evening and fourteen degrees the high in Wellington conflict?
Speaker 2 (23:55):
I mean, honestly, thank you to bes Wendy's Inn. AOK,
good morning, Wendy. What an education is taking legal advice
about funding of a stadium?
Speaker 3 (24:05):
Yeah?
Speaker 11 (24:05):
Do you know the stadium we're talking about the Buffeton
Thompson Stadium and Selwyn it's also a high school. So
there's controversy over the future of this East Auckland stadium,
which kind of doubles is two things. The ord Aki
Local Board says the Ministry of Education hasn't been contributing
its share of operating costs for Barfet and Thompson Stadium,
which doubles is the Selwyn College Gym Ministry says the
(24:26):
college is meeting its obligations or Achy Board Deputy chairs
Scott Milon says the ministry is now offering to take
over the stadium without paying for it. He says it
was built by the community, the ministry wants it despite
not paying its fair share. He says the buildings, forty
years old, now needs a plan to keep it in
good shape. The Ministry of Education says it is taking
legal advice.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
Do you know when people say about the eastern suburbs,
do you know where? I'm like, no, I've never been.
What never go over there?
Speaker 3 (24:54):
You have?
Speaker 2 (24:54):
So now I have no reason to go to the
Eastern suburbs never in my life. How's that weather? When
did we know? You looked at me like I was like,
I'm like pretty sure it's done crushed it. Believe it
all right?
Speaker 11 (25:12):
Well, the weather today is actually a few showers mainly
this morning clearing though I think to a fine day
perhaps in the afternoon. Normally it will turn westerly and warmer,
seventeen degrees.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
You know, people say you must come to comb Cod
can go to the beach, and I say, I'm just
telling you no, no, no, I will not. Hey, thank you,
good to see you. It is seventeen away from six
year on news talks be we're in Australia. Next news
talks of bad is fourteen minutes away from six Now.
Some very sad news yesterday that Sir Sam neil legendary
(25:46):
KEU reactor has died. And this these are his words
when he was talking, because obviously he was diagnosed with
cancer but then announced he was cancer free, pre announcing
that this was his thoughts on dying.
Speaker 4 (25:57):
I'm not in any way frightened of dying. That it
doesn't most has never worried me from the beginning, but
I would be annoyed. I'd be annoyed because there are
things I still wanted to.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
Oscar kindly remembers Sam in ten.
Speaker 1 (26:15):
Minutes international correspondence with ends and eye insurance, peace of
mind for New Zealand business.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
Who've got a Donald tomorrow, our Australia correspondent. Who's morning,
donn A good morning, good morning to you.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
Now.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
There have been tributes are plenty from all over Australia,
including your Prime Minister for Sam Neil Oh of course.
Speaker 12 (26:35):
And we are describing him as an honorary Australian. Everybody
loved Sam Neil and we've heard from many many people.
The Ossie Prime Minister Antony Urbaniz, he paid tribute to
the actor and he actually turned to Twitter or X
I should say, and said that Sam Neil starting so
many beloved Australian stories and he earned a special place
(26:57):
in Australian hearts. He was wry and dry, I thoughtful
and laconic, and Sam fought illness with the same dignity,
humor and conviction that gave strength to his every performance.
And he will be much mourned and long remembered. May
he rest in peace. That was from the PM, but
then many other tributes also from actor David Wenham for instance,
saying that he was aside from being an international all
(27:19):
round legend, he was the kindest, cheekiest, most generous and
supportive friend going around. It was only a few years
ago actually that I was able to moderate a Q
and A session in Carlton in Melbourne, Victoria with Brian
Brown and Sam Neil and Rachel Ward. And I remember
Sam Neil as one of the kindest and he knew
(27:44):
I was very very nervous on the night actually I've
got to say, and he was so calming and so lovely,
and I have very very fond memories of Sam Neil
as well, and like to pay tribute to an incredible
actor and incredible man.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
Now tell us about this former Sydney childcare worker who's
been charged with loads of offenses.
Speaker 12 (28:05):
Oh, honestly, I have to say, I'll purfase this story
of saying that police urge any victims or survivors to
seek support, a talk to a trusted person. But Australia
Federal Police have contacted more than one hundred and twenty
families they're investigating alleged defending by a former Sydney childcare worker.
The thirty five year old man has been charged with
three hundred and twenty nine offenses allegedly committed over a
(28:26):
sixteen year period against one hundred and thirty six victims.
They're still looking for looking to identify twenty two of
those victims. The police operation spanned twelve months and involved
the analysis of two point four million electronic files. And
this man, he found guilty, faces up to twenty years
prison over some of those charges.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
All right, that's Domin Tomayo our Australia correspondent time is
eleven minutes away from sex. Let's hear another tribute now,
this one from a very familiar voice you will know
well from Kath and Kim.
Speaker 13 (29:01):
He's just a one off, such a talented, classy, beautiful
rye norm human being, really lovely man. And I'm just
very sad for all who loved him, and there are
so many of us. God bless you. Sam.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
You will know the voice Magda. She's also going through
her own battle at the moment, so you can imagine
why she became upset while talking about I'm sharing that
on social media a few hours ago. Also in Australia,
just very interesting the government changing the law there. You
will know we've spoken about this for four investors trying
to get property investors out of the housing market so
that they can bring the price of property down because
(29:46):
the price of property has just kept going north and
north and north. After COVID, we're now started to come down.
There's just kept taking off and so they Labor did
to deal with the Greens too on mortgages in super
funds that by property, but also there was the negative
gearing band. All of that stuff has culminated in investors
(30:06):
now targeting for a place where first home buyers actually
have a strong foothold, and that's the new build market.
So you've got your investors going into your new build
areas and buying up the houses because those rules don't
apply now at the moment. Here's some numbers. Forty percent
of purchases in new build markets are locals first home buyers,
(30:31):
nineteen percent of investors, and so that number they're worried
is going to actually flip. So will the thing result
in more young people, more first home buyers buying homes,
or will it actually push them out even further. That's
the question over there at the moment. Also this morning,
this is good news if you are into a chip
investment and you don't mind a little bit of a
data center. Intel is pumping a whole bunch of money
(30:54):
into Ireland. In fact, five point seven billion, that's us.
This is the American ship maker Intel. They are manufacturing
chip fabrication facilities. They call them an island and it
is a lot of money that they're pumping in there.
And we are supposedly wanting a whole bunch of this
kind of money coming to New Zealand. We're wanting data
centers here, and we meant to be doing it because
(31:15):
the rest of the world wants renewable energy to drive
it all. Well, where is it currently, Ireland? Eight to six?
Speaker 1 (31:25):
I think Hererett first, Ryan Bridge on early edition with
Spark for business technology that keeps business moving, news talks,
there'd be.
Speaker 2 (31:33):
Six to sex news talks, there'd be Volkswagen. The job
shedding continues, so apparently another fifty thousand jobs are going there.
This is according to an internal memo that Reuters has
got its hands on. You know, I told you about
this the other day. They are cutting one hundred thousand
jobs now total potentially by twenty thirty. That is sixteen
percent of their workforce. They're at war with the Chinese,
(31:54):
and the Chinese are winning. Ryan Bridge, Good morning, Mike.
Greetings to you, Ryan. Someone there good more wandering to you, sir.
Someone says, Ryan, where do you go? Have you ever
been over the Harbor Bridge? It's quite nice over there.
Speaker 14 (32:07):
I'm not sure they refer to yes, have you ever
been to the North Shall?
Speaker 2 (32:09):
I have been to the North Shore, but I was
just saying to Wendy earlier, I haven't. I never really
spent much time out in the eastern suburbs.
Speaker 14 (32:15):
And suburbs are beautiful. Absolutely, it's so hard to get
to that is true.
Speaker 2 (32:21):
So I live centrally, yes, and I don't so I live.
Is that what you call it?
Speaker 4 (32:24):
Is it?
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Yes? I live in a bubble.
Speaker 14 (32:26):
Along with all the other lovees of the media.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
Live in are we bubble? And then if you need
to go anywhere, if you need a swimming takapoona well water.
Of course, water is clearer you just across the bridge,
not as not as murky as the water out You
say that, but every.
Speaker 14 (32:43):
Time it rains on the north shore they close the beaches.
Speaker 2 (32:44):
You realize when they do that everywhere.
Speaker 14 (32:46):
Yeah, that's true, but it's the water is a bit
silty over there in the sea.
Speaker 2 (32:49):
Why don't you just move there where?
Speaker 13 (32:51):
No?
Speaker 2 (32:51):
Sure, well, whyon't you be by the ocean?
Speaker 14 (32:54):
Then then you've got to come to work across the bridge. Yeah,
blink blind comes across the bridge. Yes, I don't know that.
He you know, Glyn, he works here, he's from up
that way. And the bridge is an issue, mind you
the ons I mean, you don't want to bore the
rest of the nation with Auckland's problems infrastructurally speaking. But
you know, I've had on rent problems all week, and
(33:15):
I have on rent problems.
Speaker 2 (33:16):
But that's because you live in a stupid place east.
Speaker 14 (33:19):
So I'm almost out. Still, I'm quite out. I'm East adjacent.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
Do you speed in the morning?
Speaker 14 (33:25):
Also do who doesn't?
Speaker 2 (33:26):
Because there's no cot and there's no people.
Speaker 3 (33:28):
You know?
Speaker 2 (33:28):
The worst and this will.
Speaker 14 (33:29):
Get her into trouble because she works in the Prime
Minister's office. Now do you know? The worst was Rachel Smally,
absolutely shocking in terms of driving. They could go back,
they could go back and get CCTV footage and the
speed with which she hit somebody. She hit several people.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
I remember a storage or she helped them, she helped
the runner or something.
Speaker 14 (33:48):
She doesn't help anybody, just runs them over. But she
got a new car. The worst through was she got
a new car and just the power that.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
She, you know, felt. I drove past the police station,
so I tend to slow down, slow down, pass the
peace for about twenty meets.
Speaker 14 (34:04):
Anyway I've opened. You know, in the eighteen years I've
been doing the show, asked me how many times have
been pulled over by the cops at three o'clock in
the morning, never once. And he pulled me over because
I had I had a V ten car, had an
Audi R Rate, which is a sports car, and he
only pulled me out because you want to look at
the engine.
Speaker 6 (34:21):
And that was it.
Speaker 2 (34:23):
Very good news Talk Said be Mike's Next.
Speaker 1 (34:29):
For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live
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